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Cyclopropane

A model of cyclopropane is shown.
A ball-and-stick model of cyclopropane shows the ring strain when the bond angles are deformed from their normal 109.5° to 60°.

Ball-and-stick Model of Cyclopropane
        
Demonstrator:  
  Gary Trammell University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL 62794
Photographer:  
  Steve Dykema University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL 62794
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